Cody Rhodes has broken his silence regarding the event that took place after WWE Bad Blood went off the air.
Competing in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia and in front of a sold out crowd, the night was set up to be a memorable homecoming for The American Nightmare. However, following on from Rhodes and Roman Reigns picking up the victory over Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu, Rhodes was met with 2 scenarios he did not see coming ahead of time.
Beginning with the return of The Rock, who stared down both Rhodes and Reigns to close out the show, Cody Rhodes was later attacked by Kevin Owens backstage in an altercation that was caught on camera by fans in attendance. While Triple H has stated that they are looking into the matter and the incident was only briefly addressed on Raw, fans still await an explanation from either side.
Cody Rhodes Addresses Kevin Owens Attack
While speaking with Ramazani Mwamba of Manchester Evening News ahead of the upcoming live event in the city, Rhodes was asked about the attack:
“I’d be foolish to try and tell you anything different because the entire video exists online and you can see every inch of it. I’ll try and keep my remarks short in terms of how I feel but I will tell you this.
It’s a very passionate industry, everybody wants the north star of our business which is the WWE championship and the championship that I hold at this time. I don’t know if you’ll see this unfold on screens, on Smackdown, on Raw or when we come overseas.
“Pro Wrestling and sports entertainment tends to like dive into that. Perhaps it does, or perhaps its dealt internally. I overall, I did feel very happy about my match at Bad Blood. I was happy for the city of Atlanta, that being the city that raised me.
“Everything happened and appeared and I was happy for Atlanta and the WWE because it feels like the road to Wrestlemania started early this year.”
In a night where he tried to calm tensions in the aftermath of the attack on Rhodes, Randy Orton found himself on the wrong side of Kevin Owens on SmackDown.